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Title: Showgirls (1995)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Elizabeth Berkley | ... | Nomi Malone | |
| Kyle MacLachlan | ... | Zack Carey | |
| Gina Gershon | ... | Cristal Connors | |
| Glenn Plummer | ... | James Smith | |
| Robert Davi | ... | Al Torres | |
| Alan Rachins | ... | Tony Moss | |
| Gina Ravera | ... | Molly Abrams | |
| Lin Tucci | ... | Henrietta 'Mama' Bazoom | |
| Greg Travis | ... | Phil Newkirk | |
| Al Ruscio | ... | Mr. Karlman | |
| Patrick Bristow | ... | Marty Jacobsen | |
| William Shockley | ... | Andrew Carver | |
| Bobbie Phillips | ... | Dee | |
| Dewey Weber | ... | Jeff | |
| Rena Riffel | ... | Penny / Hope | |
All alone in the world, Nomi Malone, making her way to Las Vegas, is determined to make a name as a dancer while putting her unspoken past behind her. Her tough, streetwise veneer is not as infallible as she would like, she, as she arrives in Vegas, becoming more cautious in the way she approaches strangers who seem willing to help her purely out of the goodness of their heart. Her talent and connections in combination are only able to get her a job at the Cheetah Club, a strip joint. Her first true friend in Vegas, Molly Abrams, works as the costumer for Goddess, the topless production at the Stardust. It is through Molly that Nomi catches the eye of Goddess' headliner, Cristal Connors. Nomi has a love/hate feeling toward Cristal: she doesn't much like her but wants to become her. Being at the Stardust, Nomi also catches the eye of Cristal's boyfriend, Zack Carey, Stardust's entertainment director. Through these contacts, Nomi is presented opportunity after opportunity to be part of ... Written by Huggo
Now, don't take me the wrong way when I say that I loved this film. It's truly a bad film, but it's so bad that it's great! I just can't help but like the utterly incompetent dialogue... especialy the dinner doggie-chow conversation. Writer, Joe Ezerhaus, known for his over-the-top, overly sexual, homophobic, woman-hating scripts has somehow managed to bring these abhorrent traits together in such a way as to fascinate. Clearly prejudiced towards lesbians and gays, Ezerhaus writes with a strange pen here... at once homophobic but at the same time so outrageous that it can't be taken seriously. Berkley's performance is dead-on (many panned it, but really she showed true style and wit bringing a charm to a role designed to be offensive), if not for this Naomi would have been a nasty unsympathetic character and the film really would have just sucked. So, ultimatly, no credit to Ezerhaus! The success of this film (and I'm not talking box-office) resides solely on the performances and directing. With a lesser cast and director this would have been helpless trash, but Gina Gershon, Paul Verhoeven and Elizabeth Berkley bring it to life. Great dance sequences, and cool costumes make for an enjoyable film. I could have done without the brutal rape scene though. That is the films only real downfall... but then again, blame Ezerhaus for that!